True. But if they're not playing for anything, it could have the same problem the pro bowl has.

I agree, not sure how to do that. I guess pride would be part of it, the college team wanting to beat an nfl team and the nfl team not wanting to be beat by a college team is a starting point. But an extra comp pick in the fourth or fifth for the pro team and funding for the college would be another point.

Firstly, no more special treatment for Notre Dame, please. Yet again, they got their shit kicked in at a BCS bowl. They're now 0-4 all-time in BCS bowl games, losing those games by 32, 14, 27, and 28 respectively. As far as I'm concerned, either they join a conference, or they can play in the Toilet Bowl every year, because they've done nothing in the past 20+ years to prove they deserve special rules for them.

Secondly, can we now put the idea that Boise State, TCU, and Utah didn't deserve to play for a national title because "they would get blown off the field" to rest? At least they've proven themselves on the field over and over again against top-tier AQ opponents in the past decade, and two of the three have moved up to AQ conferences themselves. Notre Dame, meanwhile, wasn't even questioned on their way to the title game just because of their name and ultimately looked like a high school team out there. Enough of the hypocrisy, please.

And yes, I realize a four-team playoff is coming soon, but let's be real - it'll be the BCS all over again. We need a playoff system in which every FBS conference is represented in order for things to be truly fair.

No. Year after year the SEC has PROVEN that a "playoff" that is based solely upon conference winners and 1 team per conference would be worse than the current system. It should be the top 4 (or those who want a larger playoff, 8) teams regardless of conference affiliation. This year, prior to the bowls, teams #3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 weren't conference champs.

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For all the hate it gets, it seems to me that the BCS system gets the right champion every year with the best team. More than you can say for the crapshoot that is the NCAA tournament, anyway.

are you on drugs? Notre Dame is treated by the other conferences as an equal. The other conferences choose to do that, its not special treatment. I understand that you don't understand their importance to the game, but i don't have the time or patience to educate you. There was no question on their way to the title game because they were undefeated in twelve games. They would not have had that opportunity if Oregon or K-State would have handled their business, it is not easy to run the table. No hypocrisy, as you say, an undefeated season against a real schedule. Utah went 5-7, you say that gets them into the championship? Boise state lost to Michigan State (which was beaten by Notre Dame) and San Diego State. BCS championship game for them? TCU 7-6, with losses to michigan state and Oklahoma (again both beaten by Notre Dame this season). Notre dame had not played like this all season. I have no idea why they looked like crap, they just did. it was embarrassing.
It is more a disadvantage to be an independent than to be in a conference and to say otherwise just shows your ignorance. Any team in the country can opt out of their conference any time they choose, it is a difficult path to take. there are no guarantees.
My favorite team got their collective tails handed to them tonight, no question about it. I should be the one upset about it, but you choose to use it as an opportunity to grind your idiot axe?

No. Year after year the SEC has PROVEN that a "playoff" that is based solely upon conference winners and 1 team per conference would be worse than the current system. It should be the top 4 (or those who want a larger playoff, 8) teams regardless of conference affiliation. This year, prior to the bowls, teams #3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 weren't conference champs.

Then they should simply go by each teams final season record? That's how ND got in right? Makes sense to me..